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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Center for International Development (Saturday, 5/1/04)
The Center for International Development at Harvard conducts research on sustainable international development.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: UN-HABITAT (Sunday, 5/2/04)
UN-HABITAT promotes the development of good urban governance around the world with the goal of serving the excluded urban poor.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Voices from the Dust Bowl (Monday, 5/3/04)
Listen closely, and you may be able to hear the great drought and Great Depression talking. Here's the Library of Congress' collection of Voices from the Dust Bowl documenting the lives of people living in FSA camps in California.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Census of Agriculture (Tuesday, 5/4/04)
Here's the latest Census of Agriculture from the National Agricultural Statistics Service and US Department of Agriculture.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: U.S. Health Care Spending In An International Context (Wednesday, 5/5/04)
Why does health care in the United States cost so much, and are Americans getting their money's worth? Here's U.S. Health Care Spending In An International Context from the policy journal, Health Affairs.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Productivity and Costs (Thursday, 5/6/04)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics at the U.S. Department of Labor presents its preliminary analysis of productivity and costs for the first quarter of 2004.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: World in the Balance (Friday, 5/7/04)
World in the Balance is a companion to the Nova television program. It traces population trends from the beginning of the common era with projections extending to 2050.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Hud User (Saturday, 5/8/04)
No, this isn't an old Paul Newman movie. Instead, Hud User comes from the Office of Policy Development & Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It gives you access to Hud's research and analytical tools.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Global Development And Environment Institute (Sunday, 5/9/04)
The Global Development And Environment Institute conducts research on how societies can pursue their goals in a way that is environmentally and socially sustainable. The Institute is located at Tufts University.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Job Hunter's Bible (Monday, 5/10/04)
Richard Bolles knows something about bibles. He was an unemployed clergyman when he started thinking deeply about what it takes to land the right kind of job. A result was his best-selling book, =What Color is Your Parachute?, which has been through many editions and which probably remains the most popular career guide in print. The Job Hunter's Bible is the online companion to the latest edition of his book.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Today's Military (Tuesday, 5/11/04)
A lot of civilian jobs depend on the nation's maintenance of a large military organization as well as warfare itself, but how about jobs within the military? Today's Military reports that the American armed services contain more than 4,100 different jobs.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Wednesday, 5/12/04)
Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics offers access to transportation data from a number of government agencies.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: FAO Statistical Databases (Thursday, 5/13/04)
The FAO Statistical Databases come from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, are multilingual, and contain more than 3 million time-series records on most topics having to do with agriculture.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Women Working (Friday, 5/14/04)
The Working Women collection is part of the Open Collections program at Harvard University and focuses so far on women at work in Boston between 1870 and 1930.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Economic and Social Development (Saturday, 5/15/04)
The Economic and Social Development project at the United Nations maintains many divisions, programs, and publications.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: International Economic Development Council (Sunday, 5/16/04)
The International Economic Development Council resulted from a merger of other organizations and is now the largest association dedicated to public policy plans for the economic development of communities.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Federal Workers Lookup (Monday, 5/17/04)
The Federal Workers Lookup enables you to access a database of 1.8 million civilian U.S. government employees. Here are some Frequently Asked Questions as well as some answers.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: United States Business History (Tuesday, 5/18/04)
R.T. Griffiths at the Netherlands' Leiden University has compiled numerous resources having to do with business history in the United States.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: International Business Culture and Etiquette (Wednesday, 5/19/04)
Executive Planet offers a country-by-country guide to business culture and expectations to help you avoid the commitment of gaffes as you try to do business on somebody else's home court.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Federal Statistical Office Germany (Thursday, 5/20/04)
Nearly 2,800 people at the Federal Statistical Office Germany gather, analyze, and present statistical information on a wide array of issues relating to German life, including many economic factors.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: EuroJobs (Friday, 5/21/04)
Among the hundreds of jobs sites on the Internet, EuroJobs attempts to distinguish itself by offering access to jobs in European countries, not limited to the EU. In fact, they claim to be able to help you find work with European companies while remaining in your own country.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The British Lone Parent Cohort and their Children 1991 to 2001 (Saturday, 5/22/04)
Alan Marsh and Sandra Vegeris report on a ten year longitudinal study of nearly a thousand single-parent families in Britain and outcomes for children.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: World Tourism Organization (Sunday, 5/23/04)
If you believe that "WTO" stands for the "World Trade Organization," you're correct, but there's another WTO as well. It is the World Tourism Organization.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: United Nations Agency for Refugees (Monday, 5/24/04)
The UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, has provided assistance to over 50 million refugees since its establishment in 1950.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Federal Reserve (Tuesday, 5/25/04)
This may be as much as you've ever wanted to know about America's Federal Reserve system.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-2005 (Wednesday, 5/26/04)
Here's the latest edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor. It enables you to examine and compare occupations in terms of their educational requirements, likely demand in the future, and so on.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: United States Patent and Trademark Office (Thursday, 5/27/04)
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Their site enables you to look up patents, trademarks, and applications.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: USAID (Friday, 5/28/04)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was created by President John F. Kennedy but its history extends back to the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe following World War II. It is the principal U.S. governmental agency through which assistance is offered to other countries.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Bureau of Labor Statistics (Saturday, 5/29/04)
The United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers and analyzes a great deal of data for the government which are also available to the public. The BLS may be best known to the general public because of its Consumer Price Index, the most widely-watched measure of inflation in the American economy.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Miller Center of Public Affairs (Sunday, 5/30/04)
The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville gathers information about the American presidency and the United States government. Its work is conducted through six programs, including the Presidential Recordings Program. The University of Virginia was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Amnesty International (Monday, 5/31/04)
Amnesty International says that it works to protect human rights worldwide.
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